All Leeds bus diversions and cancellations as Pepper Road bridge shuts for six months
The bridge will be partially demolished and rebuilt
Buses in Leeds are set to be diverted for six months as a bridge is partially demolished and rebuilt.
Pepper Road Bridge in Hunslet will be closed for a period of six months, from May 21 through to November 27, after plans were originally put in place to replace a damaged bridge plate.
The road will be closed throughout, with a diversion clearly signposted. Bus services 74, 75 and 86 will be diverted in both directions.
In Bramhope, service A2 and and A3 will be diverted in both directions as Harrogate Road at Otley Old Road will be closed due to resurfacing works from Monday 18 to Friday, May 22 between 7pm and 6am each night. Leeds Road, Guiseley will also be closed due to resurfacing works between 7pm and 6am until Friday, May 29 - services 33 and A3 will divert.
Separately, Green Lane and Cross Green Lane will affected by works on Saturday, May 23 and Saturday, May 30 from 8am to 5pm. Service 40 will be diverting via Selby Road and Hollyshaw Lane in both directions. All bus stops will be served on the diversion route.
Meanwhile, Rock Lane in Bramley will remain closed until Friday, May 29. Service 60 will be diverting via Upper Rodley Lane and Leeds Bradford Road during this closure.
In Leeds city centre, Wellington Street street will also remain closed eastbound, between 4pm and 4am on Sundays only, until Sunday, June 7. Services 4, 4F, 16, 16A, 33, 34, 42, 60, 60A, 508, 875, 876 and A1 will divert as a result of this closure.
Elsewhere in the city centre, bus stop 45010914 Merrion C remains out of use , as a result of ongoing works on Woodhouse Lane, and service PR1 will continue to not serve stop 45025848 Wellington N on Whitehall Road due to pedestrian works.
Long term closures to A656 Ridge Road Bridge, between Garforth and Micklefield, and Austhorpe Lane Bridge will remain in place until December. Disruption to Dawsons Corner and Stanningley Bypass will also remain in place until early 2027.
In a welcome boost to city services, King Lane, Alwoodley and Dewsbury Road at Apex Way have reopened following the completion of works.